Improvement in combined self-waiting tables and automatic fans



C. D. BATCHELOR.

COMBINED SELF WAITING TABLE AND AUTDMATIC FAN. No.175,643, L Paten-ted Apr'14,1876.

NULL www N. PETERS. PHOTOJJYHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTGN, D CV UNrTED STATES PATENT OEEItoEs CHARLES D. BATCHELOR, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

IMPROVEMENTlN COMBINED SLF-WAITING `TABLES AND AUTOMATIC FANS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent-No. 175,643, dated April 4, 1876; application filed August 2, 1875.

To all whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, CHARLES D. BATCHE- LOR, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, have inin combination with an automatic fan; and it consists in the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe the exact ina-nner in which I have carried it out.

In the saiddrawings, A Al B B represent the leaves or disks of the table, and H the supports or legs. Passing upward 4through the center ofthe leaves A A B B' is the standard C, which is made hollow for the admission of the vertical sha-ft D, which passes upward through it until its upper end is flush, or even with the upper surface of plate B.

^ The standard C has the shoulders b turned on its outside, as shown in Fig. 2. The leaves A A' B B are placed on the standard C, one above another, and are separated by the sleeves c c c", which fit on the shaft, and whose upper surfaces are flush or even with the shoulders b ofthe shaft. The leaves A and B are afxed permanently to the standard C by any convenient means, While the leaves A and B are made so that they can be easily revolved. Attached to the under side of the leaf A is a train of small gears, G, operated by a coil-spring, S,.and connected With the shaft D by means of a crank, h, and pitman, d, through an opening, fi, in the standard C, as shown in Fig. 3. When the spring S is Wound'up, and the gears set in motion, an oscillating movement is given to the shaft D. The leaf B'has three pins or studs, s,

projecting upward from its upper surface, for the purpose of securing an urn-shaped knob, M, thereon. lPassing through and above the w knob M is a short vertical shaft, Nwhich has a socket, a, at its lower end for `the purpose of connecting the shaft n to shaft D. At the upper end of theO shaft N is permanently attached abutton, l, in the periphery of Which are holes e c for the purpose of securingthe handles of fans and liags or other similar de# vices to the button. The knob M has holes in its bottom to receive the pins s. The flags or fans are caused, by the motion of the shafts D and N, to Inove rapidly back and forth through the arc of a circle, and thus create a gentle breeze. It is also obvious that when the table is used as a dining-table the movenient ofthe fans or ags Will keep away the flics, which are often a source of annoyance.

When it is desired the knob M can be removed fromy leaf B', and the leaf can be used as a stand for a lamp or vasetot' owers.

The leaves of this table may be made tov fall by means of hinges, as in the ordinary table, or they may be made as shown in drawlng.

that my table can be advantageously used, either as a dining, parlor, specimen, work, or flower table, and that fancy figures can be used in place of fans' or flags in the button l. Having thus described myinvention',what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-'- As a new article of manufacture, a table consisting of the hollow shaft C, oscillating `rods D and N, button l, clock-work d, h'Xed leaves A B', rotating leaves A B, and detachable sleeves c c c, all constructed and arranged to operate .substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand.

CHARLES n. BAToHELoR.

It is evident from the foregoing description 

